{"id":352579,"date":"2017-09-11T19:33:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T19:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=352579"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:58:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:58:30","slug":"how-one-ghanaian-used-photoshop-to-create-fake-phd-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/how-one-ghanaian-used-photoshop-to-create-fake-phd-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"How one Ghanaian used Photoshop to create fake PhD awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"2b62\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--h4\">But say, you have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you most probably how Sebastian, a Ghanaian student in Amsterdam, made headlines after he was given 5 awards at a recent graduation of the University of Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6e2b\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">The story of the \u201chistorical feat\u201d went viral and was published by several media houses both in Ghana and beyond.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1666\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">It sounds like a beautiful success story.<\/p>\n<p id=\"b840\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Reportedly having grown up in a village in central Ghana, Osumanu tried to find his way up in the academic world. Something that he could not do as in 2007 he was rejected by the University of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5298\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">The\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">University of Cape Coast,<\/strong>\u00a0however, sees his potential, where he is successful in his economics study. He is even named the best student of the university.<\/p>\n<p id=\"17e4\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">He is also a winner of the\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Erasmus Mundus Nobel Economics Prize\u00a0<\/strong>in 2014. The organization of the price would even call him an example of what the African economy needs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7f3b\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">However, investigations by\u00a0Pulse.com.gh\u00a0have revealed that Sebastian Roy Osumanu DID NOT win any such laurels at the University of Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p id=\"b7c3\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">We contacted the University of Amsterdam Press Office on suspicions that the story as reported by many media houses was not accurate.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6ddd\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">The officials of the university outrightly told Pulse.com.gh that they had no records of the student by the name, Sebastian Osumanu.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1679\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">They subsequently revealed to Pulse that there was no such incident where a student swept that many awards in a single graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1fee\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">In response to our query on how such pictures used to corroborate Sebastian Osumanu\u2019s \u201cfeat\u201d, the official replied, \u201c<em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">There are photoshopped<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6e3e\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">That single answer confirmed our suspicions and opened our eye to the truth that was always lying in front of us.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ce97\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">The photos which have been used by almost all media houses to accompany the story of Sebastian Osumanu were indeed photoshopped.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8473\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">A quick search on\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Google<\/strong>\u00a0revealed that the image is indeed from the Doctoral Degree Ceremony from the 2015 Commencement of the\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">University of Rochester<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-352581\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-1yVo9PcU-LNgp2X1qBzNIA-1-1024x598.png\" alt=\"1-1yvo9pcu-lngp2x1qbznia-1\" width=\"620\" height=\"362\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">The picture which was clearly edited to superimpose head of Sebastian Roy Osumanu on Ralph Locke, Professor of Musicology at the university.<\/p>\n<p id=\"e3d3\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">The original picture showed\u00a0President Joel Seligman presenting Professor Ralph Locke (right) with the University Award for Lifetime Achievement in Graduate Education.<\/p>\n<p id=\"900f\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">In another report, UVA states that the academic year has not yet begun on September 1. They also revealed that PhD students also do not wear a gown during their graduation ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p id=\"42e6\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Also, the prize he said he won in 2014 is unthinkable.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8d7f\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Even though the\u00a0Erasmus Mundus\u00a0exists, the Nobel Prize is not awarded by the organization.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6ae0\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Again, Osumanu did not get a mention on the success stories pages of any of these institutions save the home page of the University of Cape Coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-352582\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-1dCMMN9_IMZBVOubejeNaQ-804x1024.png\" alt=\"1-1dcmmn9_imzbvoubejenaq\" width=\"620\" height=\"790\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"d9a5\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">He is mentioned in the spotlight section on the university\u2019s website alongside supposed success stories of the institution.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0550\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Pulse.com.gh<\/strong>\u00a0reached out to Sebastian via the official World Bank Group email address listed on his social media.<\/p>\n<section class=\"section section--body section--first\">\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<div class=\"section-inner sectionLayout--insetColumn\">\n<p id=\"29df\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">However, we got a response saying that the email address listed does not exist.<\/p>\n<p id=\"c994\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">It would look like the story of Sebastian Osumanu is actually no better than that of legendary Ghanaian trickster,\u00a0Fauster Atta Mensah\u00a0who tried to lie to Ghanaians that he had won a Nobel Peace Prize among other laurels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section section--body section--last\">\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<div class=\"section-inner sectionLayout--insetColumn\">\n<p id=\"0107\" class=\"graf graf--p graf--leading graf--trailing\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p graf--leading graf--trailing\">Source: Pulse.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But say, you have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you most probably how Sebastian, a Ghanaian student in Amsterdam, made headlines after he was given 5 awards at a recent graduation of the University of Amsterdam. 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